Wire bale-tie



,.(No Model.)

W.- HEWITT.

' WIRE BALB TIE.

No@ 381,071'. Patented Apr; 10, 1888.".

"mm" nu y n; PE1-Ens mumgnpm. wnhmgmnc l 5 have invented an Improvement in Wire Bale t o elongated loop at the other extremity of the UNITED STATES PATENT firmen. l

WILLIAM "HEWITT, oF oHAMBnRsBURe, Ays'sIeN'oR fro THE TRENTQN IRON COMPANY, or TRENTON, New JERSEY.l t

"WIRE BALE--Tl E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patentino. 381,071, 'dared April 1o, ieee.

y Application tiled November 30,1887. Serial No. 256,497. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEWITT,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chambersburg, Mercer county, State of New Jersey,

Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a class ot'mdevices in which the bale band proper is composed of wire and in whichthe fastening device proper to is a lockinghead composed of an independent` piece of metal and not formed of the wire ofthe bale band proper. l

It further relates to a/classY of' devices in whichv the locking head is composed kessentially of a hook and brace and is adapted to be engaged vwith a free loop formed upon the opposite extremity of the bale band proper to that to which said bead is applied.

` The bale tie which I have l-devised' comprehends a wire band formed with a closed, and

more Vor less elongated, loop at each of its extremities,the loopsbeing respectively formed by bending backeach extremity ofthe wire and twisting the end of the bent back portion around or with the main stem,- and providedv with an independently formed and applied.

locking head formed of a properly shaped blank of sheet metal folded upon itself about or around one side or lateral portion of one of the loops,

3o which I term the head loop, of the band,with

which loop the head is thereby rigidly engaged. The locking head when applied presents the appearanceof one half of an arrow head applied to one extremity of the y'wire 3 5 band,-the general appearance being substantially such as would be presented by an arrow head applied to thefend of a rod or shaft and then cut in halves along its median line and` deprived of one half of its substance. Thek 4o locking head is, moreover, intentionally applied to one side or lateral portion of one of the elongated loops, namely, the head loop, in such manner that both sides vor lateral portions of said loop and the web portion of the Vhead proper occupy the same plane.- The posing the bale, band proper.

barb orbase of the locking head constitutes'a hook `and -its pointedk extremital portion or apex, which projects beyo'nd the rounded closed fend of the head loop, constitutes a brace. The

wire band, which I term the free loop', prefr erably in its formation upon the Wire band,`

occupies aplane-right angular to the plane occurvpied :by the head loop, and is adapted to be en- Y Y gaged with the locking head of said head loop by being slipped over the head at an angle'and then straightened into line with the axis ofV the head loop ,-in which position'en'gagement of the closed outer extremity of the. free loop is effected by the hook vor barb of the locking 60 i I head, While the brace bears upon the inner,

or twist-closed,'extremity of saidfree loopand serves to retain the latter in place Whenstrain is exerted upon the bandas an entirety.-

In-the accompanying drawings-I have repi resented a preferred and a modified eonstruc- Y ttion of balek tie alik'e'embodying 'my inven-` tion, andin thisspecilication I describe both of said constructions, while the particular subf -ject matter which I claimas novel is hereinaf- 7c engaged. Fig. 4 isa view in side elevation but otherwise corresponding to Fig. 3. Fig.

5is a plan view of the blank from which the 8o'r locking head represented in Figs. l, 2, A3,*and;r

4, is formed.' Figs. 6,7,'and8are'perspective views .from different standpoints of the locking headrepresented in said Figs. f1, 2,3, andl l 4. Fig. 9 is a view of a modiiedform of blank 8 5 from which to make such .a modified lform of locking head as is represented in Figs. 10 andv 11.'. Fig. l0 is a top planview' and Fig. 11 a side elevational view of a tie provided with the i* b isa freeA loop formed, as shown, at o ne extremityof the band proper; v

b'X is ahead loop" formed, as" shown, atthe opposite extremity of the band proper. Y

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The head loop and the free loop are preferably formed upon the wire of the band in relatively right angular planes.

A is ,the locking head, which is connected with the head loop of the band. Thislocking head is preferably made from a'blank of sheet metal of the form shown in Fig. 5, that is to say, of a blank composed of two counterpart Wing portions a a connected by a neck or web 0LX the length of which is preferably slightly less than the length of the interior opening of the head loop. The completed locking head is formed by folding together the counterpart wings of the head blank and in so doing folding their connecting web or neck to form a tubular sleeve a, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, which incloses one side or lateral portion ofthe head loop.

The application of the head blank to form the locking head may be made after the head loop is completely formed, the two wings of the head blank being subjected to pressure in a die or press, or by means of a suitable special tool; or the locking head itself may be independently formed from the blank or be cast as an entirety, and the head loop formed after the free extremity of that end of the wire of the band which is formed into said head loop has been passed through the bore of the tubular sleeve of the completely formed lockinghead.

The locking head when completed presents a hook c constituted by its rear face, and a braced constituted by the inside faces of the extended or forwardly projecting portions of the wings ofthe head blank.

In Figs. 9, 10, and 11, I have represented a blank in which the forwardly-projecting portion of one of the wings of the head blank is cut away as shown in Fig. 9, the result, when said blank is bent up, being the production of a locking head such as is shown complete in Figs. l0 and 11, which is to all intents and purposes the same locking headas that shown in the preceding figures of the drawings, although its brace is of but single thickness.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

1. In combination with a loop formed atone end of a Wire composing the bandof a wire bale tie, an independently formed metal locking head possessing a hook and va. brace and engaged with and secured to one side or lateral member' of said loop.

2. In a Wire bale tie, the combination of a wire band formed with a closed loop at each of its ends, with an independently formed and applied.metal locking head possessing ahook, a brace, and a hollow sleeve through which one side or lateral portion of one of the loops of the wire band passes in order to effect the attachment of said head, substantially as set forth. f

3. In a wire bale tie, the combination of a wire band formed with a closed loop at each of its ends, with an independently formed and applied locking head composed of a blank of metal possessing wing portions connected by a web or neck portion, and engaged with one of the loops of the Wire band by being folded as to its neck portion about one side or lateral portion of said loop, substantiallyasset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 28th day of November A.D.1887.

- WM. HEWITT.

J. BoNsALL TAYLOR, WM. C. STRAWBRIDGE. 

